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MALAYSIAN SUSTAINABLE GREEN DEEN MSW MANAGEMENT INDICATOR FOR LAND-USE PRACTICE
Get PDFThe Malaysian government has launched and promoted a series of municipal waste management awareness, policies and other related programmes. Despite these policies and programmes carried out by government agencies, there is plenty of room for full implementation, even by the stakeholders. One such example is land use planning for municipal solid waste (MSW) management. This paper attempts to identify the most important MSW management indicator that should be focused by the land use planner. To do so, an index is proposed. The objective of the index is to measure the level of land use planning effort by local authorities based on MSW management as a step towards sustainability. The index also indicates the level of MSW management performance indirectly. To improve the behavior and attitude aspects, the green deen principles are considered. Three phases of mixed-method are used; qualitative followed by a quantitative phase, were adopted in this research. Those phases are content analysis, Delphi process, and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The main indicator is divided into two parts. Part A focuses on the commitments towards waste hierarchy elements and Part B focuses on commitments and responsibilities concerning the MSW management in land use planning. The results from AHP showed the weightage of each indicator, which are waste collections (0.2031), landfills (0.1690), 3R (0.2398) for Part 1; while Governance (0.1690), education (0.0682), stakeholder (0.1129) and services (0.0380) for Part 2. It concludes with a discussion that the 3R activities need to be focused in land use planning by providing space area for these activities regardless whether the zone is small or large
POTENTIALS OF CAMPUS RIVER RE-DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS A PERFORMANCE LANDSCAPE
Get PDFRiver forms the fundamental of human survival and is critical for socio-economic development, and healthy ecosystems. It is very imperative in linking the environment and its climate system, and the human society too. Once, river potentials were neglected in a development that it had been not strategically located and to some extent became a dumping area. However, it has been realized that river has high ecological value and can be vibrantly transformed through appropriate development approaches which enhance the physical environment of its surrounding that leads to a positive effect on the economic value, social value, as well as the quality of life. Therefore, this study aims to analyse the potentials of a campus river re-development in creating a performance landscape, whereby the ecological aspects and appropriate technology can be combined to create a great sense of place. Precedence studies of river development and campus development are conducted, followed by site analysis and synthesis which concentrates on the natural environment of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) river and its surrounding. Potentials of the performance landscape river re-development are analysed based on the four strands of the eco-infrastructures – green, grey, blue, and red; where they represent the ecological eco-infrastructure, engineering eco-infrastructure, water eco-infrastructure, and human eco-infrastructure respectively. The finding indicates that the IIUM river and its surroundings have positive potentials to become a performance landscape towards sustainable river re-development
EXPLORING METHODOLOGY TO EVALUATE A HERITAGE DISTRICT FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN RELATION TO PALACES, RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS AND MAUSOLEUMS IN KUALA KANGSAR DISTRICT, PERAK, MALAYSIA
Get PDFPreservation and conservation of heritage sites is an essential effort to achieve sustainable development in Malaysia. However, due to rapid development, many heritage sites and buildings are at risk around the world including Malaysia where many developments encroach into heritage sites and diminish the traces of our culture and history that are embedded in these sites. Eventually, these traces that are important for the identity and sense of place of a particular area and crucial in the educational and cultural development of a nation may be lost. The aim of this research is therefore to explore and examine the methodology to evaluate Kuala Kangsar as a Heritage District from the selected architectural attributes. Kuala Kangsar is chosen as a case study to test the methodology. Employing qualitative method, this research documented and examined the palaces, religious buildings and mausoleums in Kuala Kangsar district on its heritage values through field observation, contents analysis and interviews. All the identified attributes are marked within the related grids in the GIS map of Kuala Kangsar district that has been divided into 2,711 grids according to 1 km x 1 km grid. The findings from this research concluded that Kuala Kangsar cannot be declared as a Heritage District from the architectural perspectives in relation to palaces, religious buildings and mausoleums
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONALS IN NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION FIRMS: BARRIERS, BENEFITS AND CAPABILITIES
Get PDFKnowledge management (KM) is central to the performance of construction firms. KM has been found to be beneficial in companies in terms of quality, time, speed and reliability. The creation and diffusion of knowledge to the professionals in construction firm have become increasingly important factors in competitiveness, as most construction firm professionals pay insufficient attention to KM awareness and capabilities. This study aimed to assess the KM capabilities among professionals in Nigerian construction firms. The study adopted a quantitative research approach by eliciting primary data through structured questionnaire. One hundred and twenty (120) questionnaires were administered and 92 were retrieved and considered for further analysis. The data obtained were analysed using mean item score (MIS) and charts. The study revealed the three major barriers to KM implementation to be; cultural barriers (MIS = 4.90; SD = 0.32), lack of time (MIS = 4.60; SD = 0.52) and trying to solve large problems (MIS = 4.50; SD = 0.71). This study also discovered the main benefit of KM implementation to be enabling better and faster decision making (MIS = 4.71; SD = 0.47). Lastly, it was revealed that most construction professionals do not embrace creativity in KM. This study however recommends that: stakeholders of the construction industry should be encouraged to embrace cultural diversity; construction firms should pay keen attention to time management and development of appropriate methodology that will foster knowledge management implementation; professional bodies should collaborate with government parastatals and construction firms to train professionals on knowledge management; government should introduce policies and framework that will support knowledge management implementation; and construction professionals should embrace the concept of creativity in knowledge management.Keywords: Construction firms, construction professionals, knowledge management capabilities, knowledge management
LEVEL OF RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN MALAYSIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FROM A KNOWLEDGE-BASED PERSPECTIVE
Get PDFThe construction industry is a competitive high-risk industry with unprecedented uncertainties in technology, budget, and development processes. The need then evolved to develop a framework for project performance in Malaysia construction company. This study investigated the associated problem in the management of risks in Malaysian construction projects using the knowledge-based approach. This perspective proposed a methodology based on a one-fold arrangement involving the application of risk management modelling function, evaluation of the comparative effectiveness and desired quality with the availability of a best practices model. The preliminary conclusion from these findings revealed that risk management in Malaysian construction projects is ineffective and still at a developmental stage. The applications of a knowledge-based framework, therefore, allow clients, contractors and consultants to develop a project’s risk management function based on best practices. The implementation of knowledge management will, therefore, avoid the organization the cost of repeating the same mistakes. This will invariably lead to improvement in the performance of construction work in Malaysia when incorporated as part of the organizational strategic plan
INVESTIGATION ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF LIGHTING SYSTEM IN A UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Get PDFThe electrical lighting system is one of the most significant contributors to energy consumption and operational cost for a library building. The extended operation of the lighting system in the library building consumes a high amount of energy, which requires the adoption of energy efficiency implementation to reduce energy consumption and to overcome energy waste. The objective of this paper is to present the outcomes of investigation on the energy efficiency of the lighting system in a university library building. The lighting system operated in a library building in one of the universities in Malaysia was chosen as the subject of the case study. A semi-structured face to face interview was carried out to interview four respondents who currently in-charge in the lighting system operation of university library building under the study. Looking at the results of the study, the lighting system of the university library is not energy efficient which leads to high energy consumption. To overcome energy waste, the results revealed that a proper guideline for the adoption of energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the lighting system is essential to be developed by the university authority for the university library
REQUIREMENTS, INFLUENCERS AND ENABLERS FOR MODELLING THE INTEGRATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVING CONSTRUCTION SITE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
Get PDFThe need for tools to achieve a higher level of competitiveness and profitability has made management systems an important partner for construction companies. The environment in which construction projects are developed is dynamic, mainly characterized by complexity, uncertainty, interdependence, nonlinearity, ambiguity and speed. This research adopted a deductive reasoning in two phases: Literature Review and Interviews. The first phase was focused on underlying the crucial current issues that impact on Construction Site Management and the relationships among Project Management, Construction Site Management, Systems Thinking and Complexity Theory. The second phase was carried out so that practitioners validated the research result. The result of this study is a conceptual framework of requirements, influencers and enablers to support General Contractors in developing their Project Management Systems
PURCHASING HOUSE PREFERENCES AMONG PERSON WITH DISABILITIES (PwD) IN KUALA LUMPUR
Get PDFIn Malaysia, disabled people have often been ignored and manipulated especially on their rights and full participation within community. Being aware of this scenario, the Department of Social Welfare Malaysia as one of the responsible government agencies has always implemented programs and strategies in protecting this vulnerable group. Therefore, this paper identifies the preferences in purchasing a house in accordance to the type of disabilities which are visually impaired and physically challenged people on the related issues in terms of design, price and location of a house. A total of 400 respondents in Kuala Lumpur were involved in the questionnaire survey. It was found that about 60.5% respondents have a priority in choosing a desirable location as the key principle in purchasing a house which constitutes for a safe neighbourhood and proximity to working place, service and facilities. Overall, housing provision for disabled people should afford the same standard of comfort, choice and accessibility. Hence, further research is needed to determine the appropriate criteria that encourage independent living which suit their capability and satisfy their needs.Keywords: Purchasing house, preference, disabled peopl
DENGUE RISK PREDICTION IN ILLEGAL DUMPSITE OF HOUSING AREA BY USING GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS
Get PDFMalaysia suffered from several dengue epidemics with a highly contagious health threat in the last few decades. Analyses of the incidence number of dengue cases and the illegal dumpsite by using the Geographical Information System, GIS, standard deviational ellipse, SDE, produces a scientific-based evidence of dengue map for the urbanized area of Iskandar Puteri, Johor State, Malaysia. A high incidence of dengue cases in the illegal dumpsite area was recognized in radius 200 to 1000 meter with the trend towards the east and west of the city with standard distance (STD) value 0.03. It was identified as a high spot area. It was noteworthy that illegal dumpsite has potential to be a predictive tool for dengue risk to prevent the outbreak. Furthermore, the study recognized the sites i.e. pedestrian walkway, roadside, abundant land and riverside as a spotted illegal dumpsite. Nevertheless, an increment about 40 percent out of the total cost to manage illegal dumpsite from 2011 to 2016 is showing the urgency in tackling this problem comprehensively. Close monitoring system on the sub- contractor of waste disposal collection works and having concentrated effort by involving the relevant government agencies are among crucial issues need to be tackled to solve dengue problem related with illegal dumpsite